I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Ogata picked up the map drawn by Zong Hai and looked at it seriously.

Although the map drawn by Zong Hai is simple, it has everything that should be there.

Ogata noticed that there was a thin black line on the map drawn by Zonghai, so while pointing at the black line, he asked Zonghai:

"Zong Hai, is this black line the Linong River you just mentioned?"

"That's right." Zong Hai nodded with a smile, "The Linong River is the most important river on our Butterfly Island."

"Butterfly Island originally had 5 villages, and the daily water for these 5 villages was taken from the Linong River. Therefore, the Linong River is the 'lifeline' of the island."

"The researchers of the shogunate probably set up their station on the bank of the Linon River for the convenience of water collection."

"Zong Hai." A-cho on the side asked, "Have you ever been to the residence they left behind?"

"I visited once after the shogunate's researchers and soldiers fled the island in a hurry."

"But I just took a rough look at it that time, and didn't check in detail what they left behind."

Ogata and Machi looked at each other.

"Ayi." Ah Ding asked, "How do you say it?"

"What else can I say?" Ogata replied while putting the map that Zonghai drew them in his arms, "Of course I went there to see. They might have left a ship there - just this possibility That's enough for us to go."

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Ogata and A-Machi's clothes, full of weird smells, were washed immediately after they took them off yesterday—of course, A-Machi was in charge of doing the laundry.

Ogata pushed all his clothes, including the loincloth, to A-Machi to wash.

A-Machi, who was very dissatisfied with Ogata's behavior of pushing all the clothes on her body to her to wash, protested loudly, saying why should she push all the clothes to her to wash.

And after Ogata glared at her and said in a low voice, "Whose fault do you think my clothes got wet?", A-Machi, who was speechless for a moment, obediently put away everything With a rebellious mentality, he picked up Ogata and her clothes, and silently washed their clothes by the well.

After drying for most of the day, their clothes were barely dry.

After changing back into his clothes, Ogata subconsciously smelled his clothes—especially the part of his haori's back.

"Stop smelling it!" A-Ming growled angrily with a blushing face, "The smell is gone! Let's go!"

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According to Zonghai, there is a distance of three miles between Tianmanji Temple and the residence of the shogunate researchers.

Three miles is not a very short distance, so both of them are ready for a long journey. The bamboo tube used as a kettle is filled with clear water from the well of Tenmanji Temple, food, weapons and so on. Everything is well prepared.

"Speaking of which—today is already our third day on the island..."

Asahi, who were driving side by side, continued talking to Asaogata in order to pass the boring time on the road.

"Now think about it carefully: we seem to have hardly met other prisoners since we landed on the island."

"It's normal that I didn't meet other prisoners." Ogata responded, "This butterfly island is so big, everyone is scattered and can't meet each other, it's normal."

"It's good not to meet other prisoners." A-Ming said in a half-joking tone, "Among the prisoners who landed on the island this time, there is an extremely dangerous guy. We'd better stay as far away from that guy as possible."

"Dangerous guy? Who?"

"Ayi,

When the officials from the government pushed all the prisoners including you and me out of the prison and took them to the beach, didn't you see a very tall and strong man in a monk's robe, all over 7 feet tall? "

Hearing what Ah-machi said, Ogata began to recall carefully.

"Hearing what you said... I seem to have a little impression... It seems that there is indeed such a number one person."

Ogata remembered—when he was escorted to the beach and was about to listen to Inamori's speech, he did see a very conspicuous guy far away from him.

The reason why that guy is conspicuous is because - that guy is really too tall and too big.

Ogata's height is about 170 cm when converted to the length of the earth.

This kind of height may not be considered a big deal on the modern earth, but in this era, it already belongs to the ranks of "high guys".

And the big guy I saw on the beach is the tallest person Ogata has seen since he came to this era, not one of them.

That big guy is at least 2 meters tall.

Such a height would be unbelievable on the modern earth, let alone in this era.

In the Edo period, such a height was already considered a super giant.

The guy is not only tall, but also quite strong.

Sitting on the beach, it looks like a hill, and the visual impact is astonishing just by looking at it with the naked eye.

Although that guy was quite conspicuous because of his size, Ogata didn't pay much attention to that guy.

No matter in which country or in which era, there are strange people with a body shape that is different from ordinary people.

For example, during the period of Wang Mang in the Han Dynasty, there was such a strange person as Ju Wuba. According to historical records-Ju Wuba was about 2.4 meters tall.

Ogata only regarded the giant man he saw on the beach as a strange man who was exceptionally tall due to genes or other reasons like Juba, and didn't pay much attention to him.

Seeing that Ogata didn't seem to recognize that person, A-Machi said in a helpless tone:

"Ayi... don't you usually read the wanted notice?"

"That's right." Ogata didn't hide anything, "I never read arrest warrants, and I don't live on bounties, so I never have the motivation to read such things. I never pay attention to what's new in the world. The wanted."

After letting out a helpless sigh, Machi said slowly:

"With that height, plus the monk's robe... that guy should be Yichun, a 'demon monk'."

"'Monk' Yichun? Is this guy good?"

"According to the rumors - quite powerful."

"I don't know much about 'Demon Monk' Yichun."

"I only know some rumors about the 'demon monk' Yichun."

"It is said that Kazumi was originally a monk at Saishoji Temple in Osaka."

"Originally, Yichun had nothing special except that he was much taller than others. He was just an ordinary monk."

"Until one day, Yichun had a dispute with a pilgrim over some trivial matters, and finally killed the pilgrim by mistake."

"It was also from this incident that Yichun discovered that fighting and killing people is far more exciting and interesting than reciting Buddha's name."

"Since then, Yichun has embarked on a road of no return."

"Not only fled to Xizhao Temple, but also stole a naginata used to protect the temple from Xizhao Temple."

"Wandering around, stirring up disputes everywhere, killing people everywhere."

"Relying on his own giant body and strength, he brutally killed countless innocent people."

"And that guy actually has some martial arts talent."

"During years of fighting, he, who knew nothing about naginata, has created a completely new set of sword techniques."

"My understanding of 'Monk' Yichun is limited to this."

"I didn't expect that even he was caught on this island..."

A book friend asked me—whether the rest of this book will be about beating ogres.

Of course not! This book is not a "zombie novel", how could the main line be fighting "ogres".

In fact, you can stop viewing the ogre as an "enemy", and you can look at the "ogre" as the [background]. I hope you can understand my statement.

My positioning for this book has always been [a samurai novel with a magical atmosphere], Ogata’s enemies will only be human from the beginning to the end. Fighting against the sky, the earth, and the shogunate is a lot of fun.

Instead of suddenly popping up a "ghost king", "ghost master" and the like.